License for Howard Coray, 3 September 1840

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Nauvoo
Principal gathering place for Saints following expulsion from Missouri. Beginning in 1839, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints purchased lands in earlier settlement of Commerce and planned settlement of Commerce City, as well as surrounding areas....
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, Hancock Co., IL, for
Howard Coray
6 May 1817–16 Jan. 1908. Bookkeeper, clerk, teacher, farmer. Born in Dansville, Steuben Co., New York. Son of Silas Coray and Mary Stephens. Moved to Providence, Luzerne Co., Pennsylvania, ca. 1827; to Williams, Northampton Co., Pennsylvania, by 1830; and...
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, 3 Sept. 1840; handwriting of
Howard Coray
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; signature of JS; one page; Howard and Martha Jane Knowlton Coray, Miscellaneous Papers, in Lucy Mack Smith, History, CHL.

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See Historical Introduction to License for Hosea Stout, 20 Apr. 1840.
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To whom it may concern

This certifies that
Howard Corey [Coray]
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has been recieved into the
church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
The Book of Mormon related that when Christ set up his church in the Americas, “they which were baptized in the name of Jesus, were called the church of Christ.” The first name used to denote the church JS organized on 6 April 1830 was “the Church of Christ...
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organized on the sixth of April in the year of Our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and Thirty and has been
ordained
The conferral of power and authority; to appoint, decree, or set apart. Church members, primarily adults, were ordained to ecclesiastical offices and other responsibilities by the laying on of hands by those with the proper authority. Ordinations to priesthood...
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an
Elder
A male leader in the church generally; an ecclesiastical and priesthood office or one holding that office; a proselytizing missionary. The Book of Mormon explained that elders ordained priests and teachers and administered “the flesh and blood of Christ unto...
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according to the rules and regulations of said church and is duly authorized to preach the Gospel according to the authority of that office Given acco by the direction of a
conference
A meeting where ecclesiastical officers and other church members could conduct church business. The “Articles and Covenants” of the church directed the elders to hold conferences to perform “Church business.” The first of these conferences was held on 9 June...
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of the authorities of sd church assembled in
Nauvoo
Principal gathering place for Saints following expulsion from Missouri. Beginning in 1839, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints purchased lands in earlier settlement of Commerce and planned settlement of Commerce City, as well as surrounding areas....
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Ill on the 3 of Sept 1840

Signature of JS.
Joseph Smith Jr. [p. [1]]
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License for Howard Coray, 3 September 1840
ID #
6578
Total Pages
2
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Howard Coray
Joseph Smith Jr.
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Signature of JS.